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Watch 'Soundbreaking' Episode 5: Four on the Floor

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KQED will be posting all the episodes for Soundbreaking: Stories From The Cutting Edge Of Recorded Music as they become available online. Viewers will be able to watch them here until Nov. 28

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The fifth episode of Soundbreaking is all about the beat. If the vocal track is the heart of a song, the rhythm track—the beat—is its body. It is the sonic element that taps into the most primal part of us and makes us want to move. Highlights include:

  • Producers The Dream and Tricky Stewart talk about writing and recording Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”
  • The Disco Era: Chic, Donna Summer, and the Bee Gees
  • Post Disco: Blondie, Madonna and the sounds of the 80s

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